Hükümdar ya da yasacı olsaydım, ne demek gerektiğini söyleyip vaktimi boşuna harcamaz, ya yapacağımı yapar ya da susardım. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

With the poet, it is gold and silver, but with the philosopher it is iron and corn, which have civilized men, and ruined mankind.

c'est que si chaque homme pouvait lire dans les cœurs de tous les autres, il y aurait plus de gens qui voudraient descendre que de ceux qui voudraient monter.

In the depths of my heart, traced by nature in characters which nothing can efface. I need only consult myself with regard to what I wish to do; what I feel to be good is good, what I feel to be bad is bad.