[Hope is] the dream of a waking man.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one or the other prevails they form the government. Hence arises the common opinion that there are two kinds of government - democracy and oligarchy.
A person's life persuades better than his word.