Equality, because without it there can be no liberty.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

We cannot teach children the danger of telling lies to men without realising, on the man's part, the danger of telling lies to children. A single untruth on the part of the master will destroy the results of his education.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.