Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

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.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.

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

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.