A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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.
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
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.
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
The less men think, the more they talk.
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
