Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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.
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.