What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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.