Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.
There is hardly any grief that an hour's reading will not dissipate.
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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.
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.