It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself

The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.

Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.