1. “A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.”
2. It is human nature to hate the men whom you have hurt”.”
3. “Greater things are believed of those who are absent.”
4. “The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.”
5. “A bad peace is even worse than war.”
6. “Posterity gives every man his true value.”
7. “Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.”
8. “Forbidden things have a secret charm.”
9. “Reason and judgement are the qualities of a leader.”
10. “Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”
11. “The more corrupt the state, the more laws.”
12. “For it is the rare fortune of these days that a man may think what he likes and say what he thinks.”
13. “No one would have doubted is ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
14. “The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.”
15. “If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.”
16. “Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.”
17. “It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.”
18. “Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.”
19. “Custom adapts itself to expediency.”
20. “When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.”
21. “If you would know who controls you see who may not criticise.”
22. “Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.”
23. “The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
24. “When a women has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.”
25. “All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.”
