Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

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

The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.

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

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency.

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.