Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

The perfection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the AEolian harp, to await the inspiration of the passing breeze.

Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.