If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.
Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
Who will dare to write a history of human goodness?
Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.
War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.