In The Infancy Of Societies, The Chiefs

I Acknowledge That History Is Full Of Religious Wars: But We Must Distinguish; It Is Not The Multiplicity Of Religions Which Has Produced These Wars; It Was The Intolerating Spirit Which Animated That One Which Thought She Had The Power Of Governing.

Peace Is A Natural Effect Of Trade.

Ever Since The Invention Of Gunpowder.. I Continually Tremble Lest Men Should, In The End, Uncover Some Secret Which Would Provide A Short Way Of Abolishing Mankind, Of Annihilating Peoples And Nations In Their Entirety.

The State Is The Association Of Men, And Not Men Themselves; The Citizen May Perish, And The Man Remain.

An Author Is A Fool Who, Not Content With Boring Those He Lives With, Insists On Boring Future Generations.