Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

We have legalized confiscation, consecrated sacrilege, and condoned high treason.

Beauty can inspire miracles.

London is a modern Babylon.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.