Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.

All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features

Our worries always come from our weaknesses.

The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.