Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

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

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.

After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.