Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.