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

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.

We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.

He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.

A well regulated commerce is not, like law, physic, or divinity, to be overstocked with hands; but, on the contrary, flourishes by multitudes, and gives employment to all its professors.

For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.