In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you.

All civilizations have needed a stable basis of short term value.

A leaders gentle reaction and sound instruction are their greatest weapons.

With them the individual counted for nothing. No one was irreplaceable, because they drew no distinction between one man and another... In this community there was harmony, but no love.

When you step on the first tee it doesn't matter what you look like. ... It doesn't help your 5-iron if you're pretty.

Most of my influences are from the past.

This might seem impossible to believe, but some lawyers actually like lawyering.

The ancients understood the regulation of power better than the regulation of liberty.

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual.