Large Legislative Bodies Resolve Themselves Into Coteries,

Hereditary Succession To The Magistracy Is Absurd, As It Tends To Make A Property Of It; It Is Incompatible With The Sovereignty Of The People.

Where Flowers Degenerate Man Cannot Live.

I Am The Signet Which Marks The Page Where The Revolution Has Been Stopped; But When I Die It Will Turn The Page And Resume Its Course.

God! How Men Of Letters Are Stupid.

Society Cannot Exist Without Inequality Of Fortunes And The Inequality Of Fortunes Could Not Subsist Without Religion. Whenever A Half-starved Person Is Near Another Who Is Glutted, It Is Impossible To Reconcile The Difference If There Is Not An Authority Who Tells Him To.