Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
One who is allowed to sin, sins less