Law Should Be Like Death, Which Spares

But Constant Experience Shows Us That Every Man Invested With Power Is Apt To Abuse It, And To Carry His Authority As Far As It Will Go.

In Every Government There Are Three Sorts Of Power: The Legislative; The Executive In Respect To Things Dependent On The Law Of Nations; And The Executive In Regard To Matters That Depend On The Civil Law.

If The Triangles Made A God, They Would Give Him Three Sides.

I Have Always Observed That To Succeed In The World One Should Seem A Fool, But Be Wise.

Never Create By Law What Can Be Accomplished By Morality.