"It is not the well-being of individuals, but the general good, that makes cities great."

"It is much more difficult to injure one who is loved than one who is hated."

"Thus it happens in affairs of state, that to try to avoid one trouble often leads to another."

"The common people are always caught by appearances and by the outcome of a thing; and in the world there are only the common people."

"He who blinds himself to reality must prepare to be destroyed."