Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

The spirit of commerce is frugality, economy, moderation, labor, ponderance, tranquillity, order, and rule. So long as this spirit subsides, the riches it produces have no bad effect. The mischief is when excessive wealth destroys the spirit of commerce, then it is that the conveniences of inequality... are felt.

Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.

The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.