The excess of the voluptuary, like the austerities of the recluse, triumphs in the suffrage of perverted reason.Collection: Triumph
Sound policy is never at variance with substantial justice.Collection: Justice
To do evil is more within the reach of every man, in public as in private life, than to do good.Collection: Men
Gratitude is a virtue which, according to the general apprehension of mankind, approaches more nearly than almost any other social virtue to justice.Collection: Gratitude
To find by experience that friendships are mortal, is the hard but inevitable lot of fallible and imperfect men.Collection: Friendship