Peace is a natural effect of trade

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.