Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.

There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.

Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.