The tribunal of conscience exists independent of edicts and decrees.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe.

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

No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character of the age.