Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

A man whose extraordinary reputation thus lifts him up to the notice and observation of mankind, draws a multitude of eyes upon him, that will narrowly inspect every part of him.

The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.

I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.