A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.