Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.