Virtue Is Necessary To A Republic.

To Lend Money Without Interest, Is Certainly An Action Laudable And Extremely Good; But It Is Obvious, That It Is Only A Counsel Of Religion, And Not A Civil Law.

Useless Laws Weaken The Necessary Laws.

The Less Luxury There Is In A Republic, The More It Is Perfect.

Religious Wars Are Not Caused By The Fact That There Is More Than One Religion, But By The Spirit Of Intolerance... The Spread Of Which Can Only Be Regarded As The Total Eclipse Of Human Reason.

Trade Is The Best Cure For Prejudice.