Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.
Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend.
Continue to instruct the world; and - whilst we carry on a poor unequal conflict with the passions and prejudices of our day, perhaps with no better weapons than other passions and prejudices of our own - convey wisdom to future generations.