If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences.

In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.

The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.

Everything degenerates in the hands of man.