Luxury Ruins Republics; Poverty, Monarchies.

In Vain Do We Seek Tranquility In The Desert; Temptations Are Always With Us; Our Passions, Represented By The Demons, Never Let Us Alone: Those Monsters Created By The Heart, Those Illusions Produced By The Mind, Those Vain Specters That Are Our Errors And Our Lies Always Appear Before Us To Seduce Us; They Attack Us Even In Our Fasting Or Our Mortifications, In Other Words, In Our Very Strength.

What Orators Lack In Depth They Make Up For In Length.

Each Particular Society Begins To Feel Its Strength, Whence Arises A State Of War Between Different Nations.

Friendship Is A Contract In Which We Render Small Services In Expectation Of Big Ones.

No Kingdom Has Shed More Blood Than The Kingdom Of Christ.