Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all yourself.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Nothing is more dastardly than to act with bravado toward God.