We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man

The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.