I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Man is a social animal formed to please in society.

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.