The constitution is the forfeiture of Louis XVI., and the patriot ministers are his superintendents.

Fallen greatness cannot love the cause of its decadence; no man likes his humiliation.

Trust in human nature, Roland--that alone never deceives, and mistrust courts.

Your virtue is too elevated to see the snares which courtiers spread beneath your feet." XI.
Such language amazed Roland.

Brissot, Condorcet, Vergniaud, Gensonne, Guadet, and especially Buzot, the friend and most intimate confidant of Madame Roland, strengthened at their evening meetings the mistrust of the minister.