Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
The first steps in Agriculture, Astronomy, Zoology, (those first steps which the farmer, the hunter, and the sailor take,) teach that nature's dice are always loaded; that in her heaps and rubbish are concealed sure and useful results.
The path of things is silent. Will they suffer a speaker to go with them?
The eye of prudence may never shut.
The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.