The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.