If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.

The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.