The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.