People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.

Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.

Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.

Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.