False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

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

Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.