Authority

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors

The world is governed by opinion

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously

It is much safer to obey, than to govern

Men still have to be governed by deception

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family

If you go to the married state, lead the man with tender hand. Much too strong women's power makes the husbands sour.

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.