Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.

It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.