We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.