"We have not strength enough to follow..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.”

“To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.”

“Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.”

“What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.”

“Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.”

“The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action.”

“Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.”

“When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.”

“Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation.”