He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.