Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, and charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, civil as well as political.

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.