It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.

The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.

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

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.

Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.