Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.