Mediocrity Is A Hand-rail.

Certain Kinds Of Foolishness Are Such That A Greater Foolishness Would Be Better.

Men Should Be Bewailed At Their Birth, And Not At Their Death.

Each Particular Society Begins To Feel Its Strength, Whence Arises A State Of War Between Different Nations.

The Prejudices Of Superstition Are Superior To All Others, And Have The Strongest Influence On The Human Mind.

When A Government Lasts A Long While, It Deteriorates By Insensible Degrees. Republics End Through Luxury, Monarchies Through Poverty.