Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, . . Those who think that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.

If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being better, is sure to be found, wherever possible, rather than the unlimited.

Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.

Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

Change in all things is sweet.

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

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.