Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct

The labor of rising from the ground will be great, ... but as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished till we arrive at a region where the man will float in the air without any tendency to fall.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

To be flattered is grateful, even when we know that our praises are not believed by those who pronounce them; for they prove, at least, our power, and show that our favour is valued, since it is purchased by the meanness of falsehood.

Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make many miserable.