12.The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands, for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.
译文:贤明的人如果长辈给自己留了太多的财产,则损害他的志向而变得不思进取;愚笨的人如果长辈给其留了太多的财产,则使其更加肆无忌惮使他的错误犯得更深更多。