Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

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

Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

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 friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.