To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.