As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall.

• 如果公共行为不再为了大多数公民的利益服务，不再是为人，而是为钱行动的工具的话，国家不久将会灭亡（国将不国也）（国将倒于倾刻也）。