The English Are Busy; They Don't Have

Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: The Spirit Of Inequality, Which Leads To An Aristocracy, Or To The Government Of A Single Individual; And The Spirit Of Extreme Equality, Which Conducts It To Despotism, As The Despotism Of A Single Individual Finishes By Conquest.

It Is Rare To Find Learned Men Who Are Clean, Do Not Stink And Have A Sense Of Humour.

Never Create By Law What Can Be Accomplished By Morality.

I Suffer From The Disease Of Writing Books And Being Ashamed Of Them When They Are Finished.

It Is Necessary From The Very Nature Of Things That Power Should Be A Check To Power.