If there wasn't a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

A born king is a very rare being.

The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.