What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.

[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread... and a thousand other things of the same kind.

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

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

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