To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.

The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

What is dignity without honesty?

Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.