They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

The beginnings of all things are small.

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.