Charles de Montesquieu

In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

The love of democracy is that of equality.

In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.