The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.

Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given to us by education.

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?

All that time is lost which might be better employed.

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.

Equality, because without it there can be no liberty.

The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.