Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.