"The less people think, the more they talk."

"The greatest empires are not maintained by the same means by which they are established. A new force may be acquired by conquest, but this new force will diminish the old."

"The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is lost, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality, and when every citizen wants to be equal to those w…"

"When a man is flattered, he is often made to believe that he is greater than he is."

"When the savages of Louisiana are desirous of fruit, they cut the tree to the root, and gather the fruit. This is an emblem of despotic government."