To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue.

I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would have something that can dissipate the inertia and give elasticity to the muscles. We can heat the body, we can cool it; we can give it tension or relaxation; and surely it is possible to bring it into a state in which rising from bed will not be a pain.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

An exotic and irrational entertainment.

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.