History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
Nought endures but change.
The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.
To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.