Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.

The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.

When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.

Power should be a check on power.