...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

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

Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.

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

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

Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.