I Can No Longer Obey; I Have

Hereditary Succession To The Magistracy Is Absurd, As It Tends To Make A Property Of It; It Is Incompatible With The Sovereignty Of The People.

In A Narrow Sphere Great Men Are Blunderers.

Rashness Succeeds Often, Still More Often Fails.

To Do All That One Is Able To Do, Is To Be A Man; To Do All That One Would Like To Do, Is To Be A God.

Men Are More Easily Governed Through Their Vices Than Through Their Virtues.