The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.