We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Childhood has it's own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for theirs.

Even knaves may be made good for something.

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.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.