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.

To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.

Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

But never yet the dog our country fed, Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.

Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.