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

There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.