Peace Is A Natural Effect Of Trade.

If I Knew Of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man And Only Then A Frenchman... Because I Am Necessarily A Man, And Only Accidentally Am I French.

Europe Is A State With Several Provinces

Knowledge Humanizes Mankind, And Reason Inclines To Mildness; But Prejudices Eradicate Every Tender Disposition.

The Wickedness Of Mankind Makes It Necessary For The Law To Suppose Them Better Than They Really Are.

The Crime Against Nature Will Never Make Any Great Progress In Society Unless People Are Prompted To It By Some Particular Custom.