Europe is a state with several provinces

[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.

Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.

There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.

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