Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....?

Why should we fear to be crushed by savage elements, we who are made up of the same elements?

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Find the journey's end in every step.

When a man says to me, "I have the intensest love of nature," at once I know that he has none.

Heaven often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting them up with their own thoughts.

The State is our neighbors; our neighbors are the State.