Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.

There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.

In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.