The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.

Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.