By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.

The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.

There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a well-protected pursuit.