Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.

The conduct of a losing party never appears right: at least it never can possess the only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgements-success.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights, from that moment the whole organization of government becomes a consideration of convenience.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.