Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.

In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.

In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.

It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.

Rumor is not always wrong

Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.