Those Who Have Few Affairs To Attend

We Ought To Be Very Cautious In The Prosecution Of Magic And Heresy. The Attempt To Put Down These Two Crimes May Be Extremely Perilous To Liberty, And May Be The Origin Of A Number Of Petty Acts Of Tyranny If The Legislator Be Not On His Guard; For As Such An Accusation Does Not Bear Directly On The Overt Acts Of A Citizen, But Refers To The Idea We Entertain Of His Character.

If You Would Be Holy, Instruct Your Children, Because All The Good Acts They Perform Will Be Imputed To You.

As Soon As Man Enters Into A State Of Society He Loses The Sense Of His Weakness; Equality Ceases, And Then Commences The State Of War.

The State Is The Association Of Men, And Not Men Themselves; The Citizen May Perish, And The Man Remain.

Religious Wars Are Not Caused By The Fact That There Is More Than One Religion, But By The Spirit Of Intolerance... The Spread Of Which Can Only Be Regarded As The Total Eclipse Of Human Reason.