Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.