Never Create By Law What Can Be

Man Is A Social Animal Formed To Please In Society.

Oh, How Empty Is Praise When It Reflects Back To Its Origin!

Republics Are Brought To Their Ends By Luxury; Monarchies By Poverty.

[the Pope] Will Make The King Believe That Three Are Only One, That The Bread He Eats Is Not Bread... And A Thousand Other Things Of The Same Kind.

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.