"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread."

"Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be expose…"

"The natural effect of commerce is to lead to peace. Two nations who traffic with each other become reciprocally dependent; for if one has an interest in buying, the other has an interest in selling; a…"

"We should not be surprised to see the great men of history so often overcome by fortune. It is because they were not great enough to despise it."

"The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is lost, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality, and when every citizen wants to be equal to those w…"