Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.

There are some men above grief and some men below it.

All necessary truth is its own evidence.

Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.