A paralyzed man who wants to walk OR an agile man who does not want to walk will both remain neutral in nature.

The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.

Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force of all.

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.