Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.

When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.