War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
The best known evil is the most tolerable.
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.