The laws concerning the new division of lands, insisted upon so eagerly in some republics, were of the most salutary nature.

— MONTESQUIEU, Esprit des Lois, Book VII., Chap. 2.

My late grandfather carried in his wallet two quotes, one from Montesquieu:

Justice is a relation of congruity which really subsists between two things. This relation is always the same, whatever being considers it, whether it be God, or an angel, or lastly a man. — Montesquieu