Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.