Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Humanity cannot be degraded by humiliation.

When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.