[Every] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war.
The first of earthly blessings, independence.
The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave.
[The] noblest of [Arabs] united the love of arms with the profession of merchandise.
[The Goths'] poverty was incurable; since the most liberal donatives were soon dissipated in wasteful luxury, and the most fertile estates became barren in their hands.
Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude.