I may be no better than other people, but at least I am different

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains

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

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living

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

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves

A feeble body weakens the mind

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?

: I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.