Not To Be Loved Is A Misfortune,

Vanity And Pride Of Nations; Vanity Is As Advantageous To A Government As Pride Is Dangerous.

A Prince Who Loves And Fears Religion Is A Lion Who Stoops To The Hand That Strokes Or To The Voice That Appeases Him. He Who Fears And Hates Religion Is Like The Savage Beast That Growls And Bites The Chain, Which Prevents His Flying On The Passenger. He Who Has No Religion At All Is That Terrible Animal Who Perceives His Liberty Only When He Tears In Pieces, And When He Devours.

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

In The Infancy Of Societies, The Chiefs Of State Shape Its Institutions; Later The Institutions Shape The Chiefs Of State.

When One Wants To Change Manners And Customs, One Should Not Do So By Changing The Laws.