"The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him."

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

"All my misfortunes come from my having loved too much, and having been too much loved."

"Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces."

"My enemies have done me more good than my friends."