I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.