Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Outside noisy, inside empty.