It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.

Very good laws may be ill timed.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.