Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man.

Il fut mis dans une maison de charité, où l’âge et le regret de se voir loin de sa famille le mirent au tombeau presque en arrivant.

The weaker the body, the more it commands, the stronger it is, the more it obeys. All the sensual passions lodge in effeminated bodies. They become more inflamed to the extent that the body can satisfy them less

So much good my persecutors have done me by recklessly pouring out all the shafts of their hatred. They have deprived themselves of any power over me and henceforward I can laugh at them.