The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

Superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant

Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.