The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.