"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."

"In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing."

"In a true state of nature, all men are born equal, but they cannot remain so. Society makes them lose their equality, and they can recover it only by the laws."

"Luxury is a necessity that is contrary to the general good."

"Trade is the profession of a people who have renounced all other professions."