But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live.

The general will is always right.

[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future can decide. For example, what appears to be bad today may in fact lead us to a greater good tomorrow and by the very act of thinking and planning in that positive way, we can help make that good future come true.]

Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists.