Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions

It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.

A love of the republic in a democracy is a love of the democracy, as the latter is that of equality. A love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality. Since every individual ought here to enjoy the same happiness, and the same advantages, they should consequently taste the same pleasures and form the same hopes, which cannot be expected but from a general frugality.