Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. |
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. |
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death. |
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ |
Peace is a natural effect of trade |
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments. |
Solemnity is the shield of idiots |
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it |
The less men think, the more they talk |
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear |
The severity of the laws prevents their execution. |
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver. |
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver. |
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. |
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy |