I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.

The grand instructor, time.