In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

The French, for example, are a contemptible nation.

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

Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act; the other is physical, the power that executes the will to act.

Smell is the sense of memory and desire.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.