Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views.
Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.
Constancy is the chimera of love.
If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.