Useless Laws Weaken The Necessary Laws.

The State Of Slavery Is In Its Own Nature Bad.

Virtue Is Necessary To A Republic.

To Lend Money Without Interest, Is Certainly An Action Laudable And Extremely Good; But It Is Obvious, That It Is Only A Counsel Of Religion, And Not A Civil Law.

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

If We Only Wanted To Be Happy, It Would Be Easy; But We Want To Be Happier Than Other People, And That Is Almost Always Difficult, Since We Think Them Happier Than They Are.