People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.

The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are treated.

The instinct of the people is right.

The populace drag down the gods to their own level.

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.