I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt in cold blood. The moment chosen is one of the surest means of distinguishing the work of the legislator from that of the tyrant.

The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.

The general will is always right.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.