Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.

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

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

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

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

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

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.