Slander is the solace of malignity.
Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!
I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.