The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).