The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.