The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men, repented of having made them, and drowned them once for all to make them better - an act which, as we all know, was accompanied by the greatest success.

All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.

The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.

Writing is the painting of the voice.