The man who meditates is a depraved animal.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity.

Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.

Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand before the Sovereign Judge, and cry with a loud voice, This is my work, there were my thoughts, and thus was I. I have freely told both the good and the bad, have hid nothing wicked, added nothing good.

The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.