Ambition can creep as well as soar.

There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.