In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

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

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

A true friend is a sort of second self.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.