Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
The most seditious is the most cowardly.
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.