Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.
Absolute power demoralizes.
A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.