There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

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.

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

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

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.