The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.
If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.
The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne
It is impossible to rise to freedom, from the midst of corruptions, without strong convulsions. They are the salutary crises of a serious disease. We are in want of a terrible political fever, to carry off our foul humors.
Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.
I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.
After I became an attorney, the mother of two girls I'd known in high school came to see me. She'd endured years of heinous abuse from her husband that nearly destroyed her. I'd never suspected a thing.
In the heat of her hands I thought, This is the campfire that mocks the sun.
What a noble gift to man are the Forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe to their beauty and their utility! How pleasantly the shadows of the wood fall upon our heads when we turn from the glitter and turmoil of the world of man!