Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.
Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom.
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.
The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.