Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.
They wanted me to be a Washington.
The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
Rascality has limits; stupidity has not.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Fashion condemns us to many follies, the greatest is to make oneself its slave.