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

Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man.

If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.

Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given to us by education.

Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.