Virtuous men alone possess friends.

If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.

Will is wish, and liberty is power.

The best is the enemy of the good.

To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.

History is fables agreed upon.