It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.
Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
To reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes.
Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.