Pleasure of every kind quickly satisfies.

Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures.

Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

Nnothing tends more to the corruption of science than to suffer it to stagnate. These waters must be troubled, before they can exert their virtues.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.