Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for everything. Strut is good for nothing.

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

Every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of the government.

A nation has a right to manage its concerns as it thinks fit.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

The art of reading is to skip judiciously.

The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.

Learn to think continentally.

We must make the best of those ills that cannot be avoided.

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.

The honour of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide.

A promise must never be broken.

I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its happiness.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.