The Spirit Of Commerce... Renders Every Man

Republics End Through Luxury; Monarchies Through Poverty.

Political Liberty In A Citizen Is That Tranquillity Of Spirit Which Comes From The Opinion Each One Has Of His Security, And In Order For Him To Have This Liberty The Government Must Be Such That One Citizen Cannot Fear Another Citizen.

If Triangles Had A God, He Would Have Three Sides.

The Love Of Study Is In Us The Only Lasting Passion. All The Others Quit Us In Proportion As This Miserable Machine Which Holds Them Approaches Its Ruins.

Very Good Laws May Be Ill Timed.