Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
The gods are on the side of the stronger.
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.