Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

Nature secretly avenges herself for the constraint imposed upon her by the laws of man.

To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.

The world belongs to those with the most energy.

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say 'Gentlemen' to the person with whom he is conversing.

A man's admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life.