Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.

Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.

The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

There should be a law to the People besides its own will.

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.