Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

When Newton saw an apple fall, he found In that slight startle from his contemplation- 'Tis said (for I'll not answer above ground For any sage's creed or calculation)- A mode of proving that the earth turn'd round In a most natural whirl, called 'gravitation'; And this is the sole mortal who could grapple, Since Adam, with a fall, or with an apple.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

The law of heaven and earth is life for life.

Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty.

When people say, "I've told you fifty times," They mean to scold, and very often do; When poets say, "I've written fifty rhymes," They make you dread that they'll recite them too; In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes; At fifty love for love is rare, 't is true, but then, no doubt, it equally as true is, a good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.