The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.