Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.

There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.

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