It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

He who busies himself in mean occupations, produces in the very pains he takes about things of little or no use, an evidence against himself of his negligence and indisposition to what is really good

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.

God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.

Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.