A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.

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.

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate.

One source of the sublime is infinity.

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.

Curiosity is the most superficial of all the affections; it changes its object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp, but very easily satisfied, and it has always an appearance of giddiness, restlessness and anxiety.