It Is Always The Adventurers

As Virtue Is Necessary In A Republic, And Honor In A Monarchy, Fear Is What Is Required In A Despotism. As For Virtue, It Is Not At All Necessary, And Honor Would Be Dangerous There.

Certain Kinds Of Foolishness Are Such That A Greater Foolishness Would Be Better.

[the Pope] Will Make The King Believe That Three Are Only One, That The Bread He Eats Is Not Bread... And A Thousand Other Things Of The Same Kind.

When We Seek After Wit, We Discover Only Foolishness.

When The [law Making] And [law Enforcement] Powers Are United In The Same Person... There Can Be No Liberty.