It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Everything degenerates in the hands of man.

General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.

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

A person who can break wind is not dead.

Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.