Freedom is a clear conscience.

His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it.

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

Their understanding<br> Begins to swell and the approaching tide<br> Will shortly fill the reasonable shores<br> That now lie foul and muddy.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed.

It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate men from each other, but rather tend to reduce them to the same state.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.

Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.