The praises of enemies are always to be suspected. A man of honor will not permit himself to be flattered by them, except when they are given after the cessation of hostilities.

Persisting in a charge which one does not know to be true, is simply malicious slander.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

A people that is able to say everything, becomes able to do everything. The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine.

If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than their virtues.