The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.

The only training for the heroic is the mundane.

Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.

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.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.