Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

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

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.