The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
Peace is a natural effect of trade.