Education is a nation's cheapest defence
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances, in others prudence of a higher order may justify us in speaking our thoughts.