"Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society"

"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"