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

Those who attempt to level never equalize

The only training for the heroic is the mundane.

When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.