Man is by his constitution a religious animal.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

Where two motives, neither of them perfectly justifiable, may be assigned, the worst has the chance of being preferred.

My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.