The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

You have to study a great deal to know a little.

[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.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.