I Long Remained A Child, And I

The General Will Is Always Right.

Inopportune Consolations Increase A Deep Sorrow.

Every Man Having Been Born Free And Master Of Himself, No One Else May Under Any Pretext Whatever Subject Him Without His Consent. To Assert That The Son Of A Slave Is Born A Slave Is To Assert That He Is Not Born A Man.

A Man Who Is Not A Fool Can Rid Himself Of Every Folly Except Vanity.

The Only Moral Lesson Which Is Suited For A Child--the Most Important Lesson For Every Time Of Life--is This: 'never Hurt Anybody.