What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

Man must suffer to be wise.

No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

Let your desires be ruled by reason.