A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

A nation can survive its fools, even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within....for the traitor appears not to be a traitor...he rots the soul of a nation...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.