Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

The French revolution was a .eune invented and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing liberty; but it had neither lever cogs, nor adjusting powers, and the consequences were that it worked so rapidly that it destroyed its own inventors, and set itself on fire.

Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.

Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.

Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more.

A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations generally more poor, always more profligate, than it found them.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.