A person who can break wind is not dead.
He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.
One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.
There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.
Reason deceives us; conscience, never.
He who has the base necessities of life should pay nothing; taxation on him who has a surplus may, if need be; extend to everything beyond necessities.