Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

Wise judges are we of each other!

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?