"It is a common error among men to believe that the shortest way to conquer a thing is to try to obtain it by force."

"And it ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order…"

"He who is not a friend to the new order of things must be an enemy to it."

"Men are more apt to forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony."

"He who is not strong enough to be a fox and a lion at the same time, will be ruined by either."