I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.