When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.

Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Friends, though absent, are still present.

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.