“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Politics have no relation to morals.
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
