Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

Those who attempt to level never equalize

The truly sublime is always easy, and always natural.

Fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and barren.

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.

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.

Education is a nation's cheapest defence