There Are Bad Examples Which Are Worse

In Every Government There Are Three Sorts Of Power: The Legislative; The Executive In Respect To Things Dependent On The Law Of Nations; And The Executive In Regard To Matters That Depend On The Civil Law.

A Prince Who Loves And Fears Religion Is A Lion Who Stoops To The Hand That Strokes Or To The Voice That Appeases Him. He Who Fears And Hates Religion Is Like The Savage Beast That Growls And Bites The Chain, Which Prevents His Flying On The Passenger. He Who Has No Religion At All Is That Terrible Animal Who Perceives His Liberty Only When He Tears In Pieces, And When He Devours.

I Suffer From The Disease Of Writing Books And Being Ashamed Of Them When They Are Finished.

In Republican Governments, Men Are All Equal; Equal They Are Also In Despotic Governments: In The Former, Because They Are Everything; In The Latter, Because They Are Nothing.

We Receive Three Educations, One From Our Parents, One From Our School-masters, And One From The World. The Third Contradicts All That The First Two Teach Us.