"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…"

"I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ."

"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…"