Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. |
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. |
Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. |
General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind. |
God made me and broke the mold. |
God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil |
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse. |
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect |
Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies. |
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. |
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous |
He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it. |
He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it. |
He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it. |
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards |