Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.

The breath of the mind is attention.

We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.

Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.

Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!

Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.