No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

Freedom is participation in power.