Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.
Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
We should wash our dirty linen at home.