The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.

Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like me column that guided Israel in the deserts, becomes the guardian pillar of light and fire to our friends, a cloud of overwhelming and impenetrable darkness to our enemies.

That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Those who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves.

That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together.

The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.