To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men
Who can know her, and himself, and entertain much hope? Who can see and know such a creature, and not love her to distraction? She has all the softness that does not imply weakness... she is not made to be the admiration of everybody, but the happiness of one.
Depend upon it that the lovers of freedom will be free.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity