"In a free nation, it matters not whether individuals reason well or ill; it is sufficient that they do reason. Truth …"

"The laws of Rome had wisely divided public power among a large number of magistracies, which supported, checked and t…"

"Il n’y a point de plus cruelle tyrannie que celle que l’on exerce à l’ombre des lois et avec les couleurs de la justi…"

"Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer."

"[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which…"

"[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread...and a thousand o…"

"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"

"A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death."

"In France there are three kinds of professions: the church, the sword, and the long robe. Each hath a sovereign conte…"

"If one only wished to be Sad, this could be horrible for the rest of civilisation; but we wish to be happier than oth…"