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| A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. | 1 |
| A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. | 2 |
| All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon languish. | 3 |
| All those things that are now held to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent. | 4 |
| An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one. | 5 |
| An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. | 6 |
| Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. | 7 |
| Conspicuous by his absence. | 8 |
| Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay. | 9 |
| Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors. | 10 |
| Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice; but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good. | 11 |
| Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty. | 12 |
| Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. | 13 |
| Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility. | 14 |
| Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. | 15 |
| If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. | 16 |
| In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness. | 17 |
| It is common to esteem most what is most unknown. | 18 |
| It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, motion to excite it, and it brightens as it burns. | 19 |
| It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured. | 20 |
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| Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals. | 21 |
| Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich. | 22 |
| Neglected, calumny soon expires; show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth. | 23 |
| Neither above nor below his business. | 24 |
| Not because of any extraordinary talents did he succeed, but because he had a capacity on a level for business and not above it. | 25 |
| People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity. | 26 |
| Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. | 27 |
| Prosperity is the touchstone of virtue; for it is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. | 28 |
| Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man. | 29 |
| The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. | 30 |
| The gods are on the side of the stronger. | 31 |
| The hatred of persons related to each other is the most violent. | 32 |
| The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. | 33 |
| The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. | 34 |
| The mob have neither judgment nor principle,—ready to bawl at night for the reverse of what they desired in the morning. | 35 |
| The more corrupt the state, the more laws. | 36 |
| The most seditious is the most cowardly. | 37 |
| The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced except by taxes. | 38 |
| There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor. | 39 |
| There were in him candor and generosity, which, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin. | 40 |
| To resist violence is implanted in the nature of man. | 41 |
| Truth is strengthened by observation and time, pretences by haste and uncertainty. | 42 |
| Valor is the contempt of death and pain. | 43 |
| We accomplish more by prudence than by force. | 44 |
| When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. | 45 |
| When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. | 46 |
| When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied. | 47 |
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