If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss

It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them

The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.