What Orators Lack In Depth They Make

The Less Men Think, The More They Talk.

Laws, In Their Most General Signification, Are The Necessary Relations Arising From The Nature Of Things. In This Sense All Beings Have Their Laws: The Deity His Laws, The Material World Its Laws, The Intelligences Superior To Man Their Laws, The Beasts Their Laws, Man His Laws.

Men, Who Are Rogues Individually, Are In The Mass Very Honorable People.

Politics Are A Smooth File, Which Cuts Gradually, And Attains Its End By Slow Progression.

If I Knew Of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man And Only Then A Frenchman... Because I Am Necessarily A Man, And Only Accidentally Am I French.