Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.

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

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

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.