Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.
Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back
Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.
A true party-man hates and despises candour.
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
The ancient Egyptians had a superstitious antipathy to the sea; a superstition nearly of the same kind prevails among the Indians; and the Chinese have never excelled in foreign commerce.