A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.
All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.
Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.
If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.