A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.
A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.
The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.
Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.