The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also is despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.

Everything in moderation.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.