"Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited."

"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million."

"[D]emandant toujours aux autres ce que nous sommes et n'osant jamais nous interroger là-dessus nous-mêmes..."

"It appears, in fact, that if I am bound to do no injury to my fellow-creatures, this is less because they are rationa…"

"Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them. If they attempt to shake off the yoke t…"

"Listen, O man, from whatever country you may be, whatever your opinions! Here is your history such as I believe to re…"

"I know that [civilized men] do nothing but boast incessantly of the peace and repose they enjoy in their chains.... B…"

"In reality, the difference is, that the savage lives within himself while social man lives outside himself and can on…"

"What therefore is precisely the subject of this discourse? It is to point out, in the progress of things, that moment…"

"Le premier qui, ayant enclos un terrain, s'avisa de dire: Ceci est à moi, et trouva des gens assez simples pou…"