I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

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