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

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.

All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.

The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go ashore unnoticed by the guards. Its winter is mild because it is enclosed by a range of mountains which keeps out the fierce temperature; its summer is unequal. The open sea is very pleasant and it has a view of a beautiful bay.

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

The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes