Montesquieu — "It is not the business of the public to think, but to see."

"If I knew of something that would be useful to me, and at the same time harmful to my family, I would drive it out of my mind. If I knew of something that would be useful to my family, and harmful to …"

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread."

"Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to a master such a power over his slave as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune."

"The women of Europe have lost all their influence; they have none in the state, none in the church, none in the family."

"When a man is flattered, he is often made to believe that he is greater than he is."