Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
They make solitude, which they call peace.
Custom adapts itself to expediency.
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.