The Spirit Of Commerce Is Frugality, Economy,

As Men Are Affected In All Ages By The Same Passions, The Occasions Which Bring About Great Changes Are Different, But The Causes Are Always The Same.

They Who Love To Inform Themselves, Are Never Idle. Though I Have No Business Of Consequence To Take Care Of, I Am Nevertheless Continually Employed. I Spend My Life In Examining Things: I Write Down In The Evening Whatever I Have Remarked, What I Have Seen, And What I Have Heard In The Day: Every Thing Engages My Attention, And Every Thing Excites My Wonder: I Am Like An Infant, Whose Organs, As Yet Tender, Are Strongly Affected By The Slightest Objects.

Republics Are Brought To Their Ends By Luxury; Monarchies By Poverty.

The Christian Religion Is A Stranger To Mere Despotic Power. The Mildness So Frequently Recommended In The Gospel Is Incompatible With The Despotic Rage.

When We Seek After Wit, We Discover Only Foolishness.