It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

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.

One believes in what one wants to believe in.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

We believe whatever we want to believe.

It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.