If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
Baron de MontesquieuIt is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Baron de MontesquieuAs men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
Baron de Montesquieu