The passions are the voice of the body.

Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.

Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.

Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.

The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right to its being opened: and if he ever obtains justice, it is with much greater difficulty than others obtain favors.