“ To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ”

“ Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ”

“ Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. ”

“ Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. ”

“ There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. ”

“ Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. ”

“ Good order is the foundation of all things. ”

“ Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. ”

“ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ”

“ All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ”