At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.