Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.