Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.

- Madame Roland

The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.

- Madame Roland

Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

- Madame Roland

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

- Madame Roland

Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!

- Madame Roland

If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.

- Madame Roland

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

- Madame Roland

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

- Madame Roland

I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.

- Madame Roland