It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him, gives me a sort of right to do so.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.

To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.

To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

Many men provoke others to overreach them by excessive suspicion; their extraordinary distrust in some sort justifies the deceit.