A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is torn to rags; the rest is entirely out of fashion.

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

Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

It is an advantage to all narrow wisdom and narrow morals that their maxims have a plausible air; and, on a cursory view, appear equal to first principles. They are light and portable. They are as current as copper coin; and about as valuable.