Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Man is an animal that cooks his victuals.

When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.

All writers on the science of policy are agreed, and they agree with experience, that all governments must frequently infringe the rules of justice to support themselves; that truth must give way to dissimulation, honesty to convenience, and humanity itself to the reigning of interest. The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state.

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

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.

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.