By one bait or another, Nature allures inhabitants into all her recesses.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.

It is far more independent to travel on foot. You have to sacrifice so much to the horse. You cannot choose the most agreeable places in which to spend the noon., commanding the finest views, because commonly there is no water there, or you cannot get there with your horse.

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

The world rests on principles.