Virtue has needs of limits.

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

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.

In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!