Nothing is so rash as fear; and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate, the evils from which they would fly.

The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.

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

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

The esteem of wise and good men is the greatest of all temporal encouragements to virtue; and it is a mark of an abandoned spirit to have no regard to it.