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The Sublimity Of Administration Consists In Knowing The Proper Degree Of Power That Should Be Exerted On Different Occasions.

Experience Constantly Proves That Every Man Who Has Power Is Impelled To Abuse It; He Goes On Till He Is Pulled Up By Some Limits. Who Would Say It! Virtue Even Has Need Of Limits.

There Is No One, Says Another, Whom Fortune Does Not Visit Once In His Life; But When She Does Not Find Him Ready To Receive Her, She Walks In At The Door, And Flies Out At The Window.

Each Citizen Contributes To The Revenues Of The State A Portion Of His Property In Order That His Tenure Of The Rest May Be Secure.

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