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

Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.

Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.

A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.

The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.