Political men, like goats, usually thrive best among inequalities.
He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author.
Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation.
Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws.
Circumstances form the character; but, like petrifying matters, they harden while they form.
We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.