Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.

Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.

The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.

You have to study a great deal to know a little.

When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix