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

It is not our criminal actions that require courage to confess, but those which are ridiculous and foolish.

He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for doing nothing differs little in my eyes from a brigand, who lives at the expense of passers-by.

To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others.

Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity.

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

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