Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
Thrift is a great revenue.
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.