I Suffer From The Disease Of Writing

As Men Are Affected In All Ages By The Same Passions, The Occasions Which Bring About Great Changes Are Different, But The Causes Are Always The Same.

The Reason The Romans Built Their Great Paved Highways Was Because They Had Such Inconvenient Footwear.

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.

When Virtue Is Banished, Ambition Invades The Minds Of Those Who Are Disposed To Receive It And Avarice Possesses The Whole Community.

Each Citizen Contributes To The Revenues Of The State A Portion Of His Property In Order That His Tenure Of The Rest May Be Secure.