There is nothing which wings its flight so swiftly as calumny, nothing is uttered with more ease; nothing is listened to with more readiness, nothing disbursed more widely.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

Peace is freedom in tranquility.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

The works of nature must all be accounted good.