The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

The remembrance of past misery is sweet.

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

More laws, less justice.

The beginnings of all things are small.