Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Self-love is an instrument useful but dangerous; it often wounds the hand which makes use of it, and seldom does good without doing harm.

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

The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.

The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.