Quotes from Montesquieu

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.

Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

Author A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

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

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.