Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions

[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.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.

A love of the republic in a democracy is a love of the democracy, as the latter is that of equality. A love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality. Since every individual ought here to enjoy the same happiness, and the same advantages, they should consequently taste the same pleasures and form the same hopes, which cannot be expected but from a general frugality.