Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.

History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys.

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.

Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.