Girls must be thwarted early in life.

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.

The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being of the whole and of each part of it ... is, for all members of the state ... the rule of what is just or unjust.

Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.

The strength of the people is effective only if it is concentrated; it evaporates and is lost when it is dispersed, just as gunpowder scattered on the ground ignites only grain by grain.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.