The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.

Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.

To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.