A citizen should render to the state all the services he can as soon as the sovereign demands them.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.

Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.

He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies

Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.