They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.

The most beautiful motion is that which accomplishes the greatest results with the least amount of effort.

My plainness of speech makes people hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.

The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.