Of rewards.



Yet another method of preventing crimes is, to reward virtue. Upon this 

subject the laws of all nations are silent. If the rewards proposed by 

academies for the discovery of useful truths have increased our knowledge, 

and multiplied good books, is it not probable that rewards, distributed by 

the beneficent hand of a sovereign, would also multiply virtuous actions. 

The coin of honour is inexhaustible, and is abundantly fruitful in the hands 

of a prince who distributes it wisely.