Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.

Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.

Man is a social animal formed to please in society.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.