Luxury Ruins Republics; Poverty, Monarchies.

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

The Public Business Must Be Carried On With A Certain Motion, Neither Too Quick Nor Too Slow.

Countries Are Well Cultivated, Not As They Are Fertile, But As They Are Free.

The Crime Against Nature Will Never Make Any Great Progress In Society Unless People Are Prompted To It By Some Particular Custom.

The Spirit Of Commerce... Renders Every Man Willing To Live On His Own Property...& Prevents The Growth Of Luxury.