What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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.
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.