The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
The worst hatred is that of relatives.
Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.