Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and all his forces, including all goods in his possession.

Generally we obtain very surely and very speedily what we are not too anxious to obtain.

The strength of the people is effective only if it is concentrated; it evaporates and is lost when it is dispersed, just as gunpowder scattered on the ground ignites only grain by grain.

Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.

Patience patience quotes is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.