The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Teach me, O lark! with thee to greatly rise, to exalt my soul and lift it to the skies.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

The ocean is an object of no small terror.

People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

Evil prevails when good men fail to act.