We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.
Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.