It is simply, and solely, the abundance of money within a state [which] makes the difference in its grandeur and power.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]