There Are Bad Examples Which Are Worse

Men Should Be Bewailed At Their Birth, And Not At Their Death.

Experience Constantly Proves That Every Man Who Has Power Is Impelled To Abuse It; He Goes On Till He Is Pulled Up By Some Limits. Who Would Say It! Virtue Even Has Need Of Limits.

Raillery Is A Mode Of Speaking In Favor Of One's Wit At The Expense Of One's Better Nature.

Those Who Have Few Affairs To Attend To Are Great Speakers. The Less Men Think, The More They Talk.

The Law Of Nations Is Naturally Founded On This Principle, That Different Nations Ought In Time Of Peace To Do One Another All The Good They Can, And In Time Of War As Little Injury As Possible, Without Prejudicing Their Real Interests.