There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.
History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
The mills of God grind slowly.
A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.