In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
Very good laws may be ill timed.
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident