The Incomparable Stupidity Of Life Teaches Us

The Christian Religion Is A Stranger To Mere Despotic Power. The Mildness So Frequently Recommended In The Gospel Is Incompatible With The Despotic Rage.

Men In Excess Of Happiness Or Misery Are Equally Inclined To Severity. Witness Conquerors And Monks! It Is Mediocrity Alone, And A Mixture Of Prosperous And Adverse Fortune That Inspire Us With Lenity And Pity.

Success In The Majority Of Circumstances Depends On Knowing How Long It Takes To Succeed.

It Is Necessary From The Very Nature Of Things That Power Should Be A Check To Power.

The Spirit Of Commerce Is Frugality, Economy, Moderation, Labor, Ponderance, Tranquillity, Order, And Rule. So Long As This Spirit Subsides, The Riches It Produces Have No Bad Effect. The Mischief Is When Excessive Wealth Destroys The Spirit Of Commerce, Then It Is That The Conveniences Of Inequality... Are Felt.