An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

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.

Power should be a check on power.

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.