What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.

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

We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following ourown reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.

The falsification of history has done more to impede human development than any one thing known to mankind.

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.