No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Nature has inclined us to love men.

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.

In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

Let your desires be ruled by reason.