I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.