Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.

It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Law should be like death, which spares no one.

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

Power should be a check on power.