The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.