It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all it combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor. In this partnership all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.

Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of his style.

There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.

It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.

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

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.