The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.

Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.

The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more.

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.