The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority...

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.