An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

For, as I think I have said, I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop I cease to think; my mind only works with my legs.