Virtue Has Needs Of Limits.

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

Wherever I Find Envy I Take A Pleasure In Provoking It: I Always Praise Before An Envious Man Those Who Make Him Grow Pale.

There Is Still Another Inconvenieney In Conquests Made By Democracies; Their Government Is Ever Odious To The Conquered States. It Is Apparently Monarchical, But In Reality It Is More Oppressive Than Monarchy, As The Experience Of All Ages And Countries Evinces.

Democracy Is Corrupted Not Only When The Spirit Of Equality Is Corrupted, But Likewise When They Fall Into A Spirit Of Extreme Equality.

Each Citizen Contributes To The Revenues Of The State A Portion Of His Property In Order That His Tenure Of The Rest May Be Secure.