The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.