The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.

The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.

The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining.

Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.