"The rich man, in his bed of down, does not know the value of the poor man's sleep."

"Man is naturally good, and it is only through institutions that he becomes bad."

"The greatest danger for a woman is to be too beautiful."

"Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being."

"The general will is the constant will of all the members of the State; it is by it that they are citizens and free."