It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.
Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.