We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.

Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.