A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.