A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
Baron de Montesquieu[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.
Baron de MontesquieuThe 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.
Baron de Montesquieu