Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.

Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.

Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.