The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.

Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease; delicacy is not debility; nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health.

I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.

The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.

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

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

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