It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his errors as his knowledge.
Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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.
A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.
He that can please nobody is not so much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.