Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together. You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.

The two things he most valued, which is to say liberty and equality, were not natural allies.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. To fulfill one's duty elevates the soul to a state of constant sweetness. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves — self-discipline with all of them came first.