The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.