The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body.

They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.

Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.

And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be praised or not blamed; but when they cannot, and wish to do it anyway, here lies the error and the blame.

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.