One source of the sublime is infinity.

The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.

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

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

Evil succeeds when good men do nothing

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.