The good of the people is the greatest law.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.