Luxury Ruins Republics; Poverty, Monarchies.

Power Ought To Serve As A Check To Power.

Liberty Is The Right To Do What The Law Permits.

The False Notion Of Miracles Comes Of Our Vanity, Which Makes Us Believe We Are Important Enough For The Supreme Being To Upset Nature On Our Behalf.

We Ought To Be Very Cautious In The Prosecution Of Magic And Heresy. The Attempt To Put Down These Two Crimes May Be Extremely Perilous To Liberty, And May Be The Origin Of A Number Of Petty Acts Of Tyranny If The Legislator Be Not On His Guard; For As Such An Accusation Does Not Bear Directly On The Overt Acts Of A Citizen, But Refers To The Idea We Entertain Of His Character.

Very Good Laws May Be Ill Timed.