A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.

Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

When they remain silent, they cry out.

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.