The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.

When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.