The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.