The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The worthy gentleman who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, whilst his desires were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.
The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.