Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.

The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.

The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.

Dare to think for yourself.