In Republican Governments, Men Are All Equal;

It Is Clear That In A Monarchy, Where He Who Commands The Exceution Of The Laws Generally Thinks Himself Above Them, There Is Lessneed Of Virtue Than In A Popular Government, Where The Person Entrusted With The Execution Of The Laws Is Sensible Of His Being Subject To Their Direction.

There Is No Nation So Powerful, As The One That Obeys Its Laws Not From Principals Of Fear Or Reason, But From Passion.

It Is Rare To Find Learned Men Who Are Clean, Do Not Stink And Have A Sense Of Humour.

Brutes Are Deprived Of The High Advantages Which We Have; But They Have Some Which We Have Not. They Have Not Our Hopes, But Theyare Without Our Fears; They Are Subject Like Us To Death, But Without Knowing It; Even Most Of Them Are More Attentive Than We To Self-preservation, And Do Not Make So Bad A Use Of Their Passions.

The Sublimity Of Administration Consists In Knowing The Proper Degree Of Power That Should Be Exerted On Different Occasions.