An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.