There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community with the greatest contempt, whilst, at the same time they pretend to make them the depositories of all power.

[Slavery] is a weed that grows in every soil.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it.

My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.