"The world is the book of women; everything they know, they have learned from it."

"The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said 'This is mine,' and found people naive enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, …"

"The more I study men, the more I see the difference between them and other animals."

"The right of voting is the right of self-government."

"Nature has made me different from all other men. I alone know my heart, and I alone know men. He who dares to say that he is like me is a liar."