Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?

That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to Man. That the Soul is immortal. And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.