A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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.
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself