We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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