Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of many a kingdom.

Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.

The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny.

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.