I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, a…

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Chacun dit du bien de son coeur et personne n'en ose dire de son esprit.