... asked how many great men he could really mention; he answered: "Five—Newton, Bacon, Leibnitz, Montesquieu, and myself."
Аднойчы ён сказаў наступнае: “Я ведаю толькі пяць вялікіх геніяў: Ньютана, Бэкана, Лейбніца, Монтэск’е і сябе” (" I know but five great geniuses — Newton , Bacon , Leibnitz , Montesquieu , and myself .")