A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.