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

When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

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

The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.

Virtue has needs of limits.