Quotes By Charles De Montesquieu

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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