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

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

The conduct of a losing party never appears right: at least it never can possess the only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgements-success.