Montesquieu

He tends toward the wonky, goes heavy on historical references, and likes to quote folks like Montesquieu.

Montesquieu observes, “that women commonly reserve their love for their husbands until their husbands are dead.”

M. de Montesquieu was struck with this account, and on his departure made them a handsome present.

The finest specimens of such enquiries which we possess are the works of Adam Smith and Montesquieu.

The lazzaroni, remarked Montesquieu of the Neapolitan wont-works, pass their time in the middle of the street.

Montesquieu is declared by Mr. Saintsbury to deserve the title of "the greatest man of letters of the French eighteenth century."