Political freedom is, or ought to be, the best guaranty for the safety and continuance of spiritual, mental, and civil freedom. It is the combination of numbers to secure the liberty to each one.

Julius Caesar owed two millions when he risked the experiment of being general in Gaul. If Julius Caesar had not lived to cross the Rubicon, and pay off his debts, what would his creditors have called Julius Caesar?

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.

To the thinker, the most trifling external object often suggests ideas, which, like Homer's chain, extend, link after link, from earth to heaven.

Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech.

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.