Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .

A sentence of death and infamy was often founded on the slight and suspicious evidence of a child or a servant: the guilt [of the defendant] was presumed by the judges [due to the nature of the charge], and paederasty became the crime of those to whom no crime could be imputed.

A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.

Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude.

But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.