There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

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

It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.

The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.