Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Of all human sentiments, enthusiasm creates the most happiness; it is the only sentiment in fact which gives real happiness, the only sentiment which can help us to bear our human destiny in any situation in which we may find ourselves.

We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.