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.

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

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

The people excited by ambitious demagogues, sooner or later return into the hands of the Aristocracy.