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Better It Is To Say That The Government Most Comfortable To Nature Is That Which Best Agrees With The Humor And Disposition Of The People In Whose Favor It Is Established.

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.

To Love To Read Is To Exchange Hours Of Ennui For Hours Of Delight.

Talent Is A Gift Which God Has Given Us Secretly, And Which We Reveal Without Perceiving It.

We Ought To Be Very Cautious In The Prosecution Of Magic And Heresy. The Attempt To Put Down These Two Crimes May Be Extremely Perilous To Liberty, And May Be The Origin Of A Number Of Petty Acts Of Tyranny If The Legislator Be Not On His Guard; For As Such An Accusation Does Not Bear Directly On The Overt Acts Of A Citizen, But Refers To The Idea We Entertain Of His Character.