Liberty and equality are magical words.
What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.