"The human mind is a mirror, but an uneven one, and it distorts the rays of things by its own nature."

"The greatest objection to a monarch cannot be made without a paradox; for it is that he is too great to be good."

"A great kingdom is not to be made good by the multitude of people, but by the greatness of them that are in it."

"The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel."

"It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty."