An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.

That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.