Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
Baron de MontesquieuPeople here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
Baron de MontesquieuIf I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
Baron de Montesquieu