The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.

It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a page and a mouthful; it is as though my book were dining with me.

It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.