Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and all his forces, including all goods in his possession.

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

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

We cannot teach children the danger of telling lies to men without realising, on the man's part, the danger of telling lies to children. A single untruth on the part of the master will destroy the results of his education.

Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.