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.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right to its being opened: and if he ever obtains justice, it is with much greater difficulty than others obtain favors.

Girls must be thwarted early in life.

Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him everywhere.