In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

The sword of justice has no scabbard.

The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.