They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

Let the punishment match the offense.