The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.
Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.
In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.