But Constant Experience Shows Us That Every

Vanity Is As Advantageous To A Government As Pride Is Dangerous. To Be Convinced Of This We Need Only Represent, On The One Hand,the Numberless Benefits Which Result From Vanity, As Industry, The Arts, Fashions, Politeness, And Taste; And On The Other, The Infinite Evils Which Spring From The Pride Of Certain Nations, A Laziness, Poverty, A Total Neglect Of Everything.

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

The Life Of Man Is But A Succession Of Vain Hopes And Groundless Fears.

When One Wants To Change Manners And Customs, One Should Not Do So By Changing The Laws.

Luxury Ruins Republics; Poverty, Monarchies.