Europe Is A State With Several Provinces

I Have Ever Held It As A Maxim Never To Do That Through Another Which It Was Impossible For Me To Execute Myself

If I Knew Of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man And Only Then A Frenchman... Because I Am Necessarily A Man, And Only Accidentally Am I French.

The Life Of Man Is But A Succession Of Vain Hopes And Groundless Fears.

Republics Are Brought To Their Ends By Luxury; Monarchies By Poverty.

It Is Clear That In A Monarchy, Where He Who Commands The Exceution Of The Laws Generally Thinks Himself Above Them, There Is Lessneed Of Virtue Than In A Popular Government, Where The Person Entrusted With The Execution Of The Laws Is Sensible Of His Being Subject To Their Direction.