Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.

It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.