He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.

The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.

In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.

Universal silence is taken to imply the consent of the people.