The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

We are born poets. we become orators.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.