Everything made by man may be destroyed by man; there are no ineffaceable characters except those engraved by nature; and nature makes neither princes nor rich men nor great lords.

But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.

The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.

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

That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.