A Constitution Should Be Short And Obscure.

The Human Race Is Governed By Its Imagination.

In War, As In Prostitution, Amateurs Are Often Better Than Professionals.

When Monarchs Abuse The Rights With Which They Have Been Invested By The Confidence Of The People, And Bring Down Upon Their Heads The Calamity Of War, The People Have The Right To Withdraw Their Allegiance.

It Is A Mistake, Too, To Say That The Face Is The Mirror Of The Soul. The Truth Is, Men Are Very Hard To Know, And Yet, Not To Be Deceived, We Must Judge Them By Their Present Actions, But For The Present Only.

Orders And Decorations Are Necessary In Order To Dazzle The People.