The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.

We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.

To live is not breathing it is action.

What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, and charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, civil as well as political.

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.

The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt.