Law Should Be Like Death, Which Spares

The Law Of Nations Is Naturally Founded On This Principle, That Different Nations Ought In Time Of Peace To Do One Another All The Good They Can, And In Time Of War As Little Injury As Possible, Without Prejudicing Their Real Interests.

Study Has Been For Me The Sovereign Remedy Against All The Disappointments Of Life. I Have Never Known Any Trouble That An Hour's Reading Would Not Dissipate.

Vanity And Pride Of Nations; Vanity Is As Advantageous To A Government As Pride Is Dangerous.

When The Legislative And Executive Powers Are United In The Same Person, Or In The Same Body Of Magistrates, There Can Be No Liberty; Because Apprehensions May Arise, Lest The Same Monarch Or Senate Should Enact Tyrannical Laws, To Execute Them In A Tyrannical Manner.

Honor Is Unknown In Despotic States.