It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption. -Charles de Montesquieu Age
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. -Charles de Montesquieu Power
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. -Charles de Montesquieu Friendship
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. -Charles de Montesquieu Fear
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. -Charles de Montesquieu Future
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. -Charles de Montesquieu Success
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. -Charles de Montesquieu Success
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. -Charles de Montesquieu Happiness
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty. -Charles de Montesquieu Independence
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. -Charles de Montesquieu Men
