Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.