Law Should Be Like Death,

Not To Be Loved Is A Misfortune, But It Is An Insult To Be Loved No Longer.

Passion Makes Us Feel, But Never See Clearly.

The Culminating Point Of Administration Is To Know Well How Much Power, Great Or Small, We Ought To Use In All Circumstances.

Laws, In Their Most General Signification, Are The Necessary Relations Derived From The Nature Of Things.

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.