To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.

The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.

Over-taxation cost England her colonies of North America.

For there is in mankind an unfortunate propensity to make themselves, their views and their works, the measure of excellence in every thing whatsoever

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

It is very rare, indeed, for men to be wrong in their feelings concerning public misconduct; as rare to be right in their speculations upon the cause of it. I have constantly observed that the generality of people are fifty years, at least, behind in their politics.