People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.

I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.

There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?