Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Europe is a state with several provinces

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

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.