It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
Baron de MontesquieuLove of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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