Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.

It is up to us to cultivate our garden.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.