Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
Conspicuous by his absence.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.