A great empire and little minds go ill together.
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
Man is by his constitution a religious animal.
Nothing so effectually deadens the taste of the sublime as that which is light and radiant.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.