In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.
I grow gnomic. It is the last phase.
The initial sketch is always an emotion, not a concept.
For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous.
The Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
The first point of justice ... consists in piety; nothing certainly being so great a debt upon us as to render to the Creator and Preserver those acknowledgments which are due to Him for our being and the hourly protection He affords us.