Virtue Is Necessary To A Republic.

When We Seek After Wit, We Discover Only Foolishness.

Power Ought To Serve As A Check To Power.

There Is As Yet No Liberty If The Power Of Judging Be Not Separated From Legislative Power And The Executrix

Religious Wars Are Not Caused By The Fact That There Is More Than One Religion, But By The Spirit Of Intolerance... The Spread Of Which Can Only Be Regarded As The Total Eclipse Of Human Reason.

Men In Excess Of Happiness Or Misery Are Equally Inclined To Severity. Witness Conquerors And Monks! It Is Mediocrity Alone, And A Mixture Of Prosperous And Adverse Fortune That Inspire Us With Lenity And Pity.