Honor Is Unknown In Despotic States.

Political Liberty Is To Be Found Only In Moderate Governments.

False Happiness Renders Men Stern And Proud, And That Happiness Is Never Communicated. True Happiness Renders Them Kind And Sensible, And That Happiness Is Always Shared.

If I Knew Something That Would Serve My Country But Would Harm Mankind, I Would Never Reveal It; For I Am A Citizen Of Humanity First And By Necessity, And A Citizen Of France Second, And Only By Accident

It Is Not The Young People That Degenerate; They Are Not Spoiled Till Those Of Mature Age Are Already Sunk Into Corruption.

When The Legislative And Executive Powers Are United In The Same Person, Or In The Same Body Of Magistrates, There Can Be No Liberty; Because Apprehensions May Arise, Lest The Same Monarch Or Senate Should Enact Tyrannical Laws, To Execute Them In A Tyrannical Manner.