We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

After victory, you have more enemies.

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

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.