The Manner Of Giving Is Worth More

Liberty May Be Of No More Use Than Stirring Up The Flame Of Civil Wars; Then, By Disorder Fatal To The World, One Wants No King, The Other Wants No Equal.

After Having Won A Scepter, Few Are So Generous As To Disdain The Pleasures Of Ruling.

These Flattering Mirrors Reflect Imperfectly What Is Within; The Countenance Is Often A Gay Deceiver. What Defects Of Mind Lie Hidden Under Its Beauty! What Fair Exteriors Conceal Base Souls!

Those Who Resolve To Conquer Or Die, Are Rarely Conquered.

It Is The Guilt, Not The Scaffold, Which Constitutes The Shame.