"The most dangerous of all sentiments is the one which makes us say, 'It's none of my business.'"

"Everything is in a state of flux on this earth. Nothing keeps a form for long, and our affections, which are attached to external things, pass and change as they do."

"It is not enough to be happy, one must also be seen to be happy."

"No man has any natural authority over his fellow men."

"I detest the great, their condition, their maxims, their vices, and I should detest them still more if I were one of them."