Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

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

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

So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.

A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.