I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.

If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

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