Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?
States, as great engines, move slowly.
There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.
Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
Innovations, which are the births of time.