Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

Mankind are always found prodigal both of blood and treasure in the maintenance of public justice.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world. You will scarcely be persuaded that they are other than sick men's dreams.

Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.

I never asserted such an absurd thing as that things arise without a cause.

Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.