Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.

With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.

A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret comparison, which continually tends to lessen his respect for those who control him, and with it their authority over him. If once he thinks there are grown-up people with no more sense than children the authority of age is destroyed and his education is ruined.

The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.

The strength of the people is effective only if it is concentrated; it evaporates and is lost when it is dispersed, just as gunpowder scattered on the ground ignites only grain by grain.