Crimes lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers, are capable of being incendiaries.

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success.

They [Americans] augur misgovernment at a distance and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.