Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free.

Teach by doing whenever you can, and only fall back upon words when doing it is out of the question.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

It is well known that a loose and easy dress contributes much to give to both sexes those fine proportions of body that are observable in the Grecian statues, and which serve as models to our present artists.

I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.

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