Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.