Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.

Had I no other proof of the immortality of the soul than the oppression of the just and the triumph of the wicked in this world, this alone would prevent my having the least doubt of it. So shocking a discord amidst a general harmony of things would make me naturally look for a cause; I should say to myself we do not cease to exist with this life; everything reassumes its order after death.

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.

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

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.