Passion Makes Us Feel, But Never See

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 Spirit Of Moderation Should Also Be The Spirit Of The Lawgiver.

It Is Necessary From The Very Nature Of Things That Power Should Be A Check To Power.

Brutes Are Deprived Of The High Advantages Which We Have; But They Have Some Which We Have Not. They Have Not Our Hopes, But Theyare Without Our Fears; They Are Subject Like Us To Death, But Without Knowing It; Even Most Of Them Are More Attentive Than We To Self-preservation, And Do Not Make So Bad A Use Of Their Passions.

The False Notion Of Miracles Comes Of Our Vanity, Which Makes Us Believe We Are Important Enough For The Supreme Being To Upset Nature On Our Behalf.