And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.

There are cases in which a man would be ashamed not to have been imposed upon. There is a confidence necessary to human intercourse, and without which men are often more injured by their own suspicions than they would be by the perfidy of others.

In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered.

The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that strength and dignity of mind, and vigor and activity of body, which enables men to conceive and execute great actions.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.