It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.

Orators inflame the people, whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.

How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.

The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.

A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses.

I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time ought to have been there.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.