I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.

Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.

There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.

Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.

A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.

Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.