If People Did Not Compliment One Another

If It Is True That Vice Can Never Be Done Away With, The Science Of Government Consists Of Making It Contribute To The Public Good.

The Law Cannot Equalize Mankind In Spite Of Nature.

The Art Of Pleasing Is The Art Of Deception.

Our Virtues Are Dearer To Us The More We Have Had To Suffer For Them. It Is The Same With Our Children. All Profound Affection Admits A Sacrifice.

We Are So Presumptuous That We Think We Can Separate Our Personal Interest From That Of Humanity, And Slander Mankind Without Compromising Ourselves.