Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.

The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

Equality, because without it there can be no liberty.