That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.
He who offers God a second place offers Him no place.
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.
Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.
Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.