The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

How gloomy would be the mansions of the dead to him who did not know that he should never die: that what now acts shall continue its agency, and what now thinks shall think on forever!

To scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other test of actions than general opinion; and all are so far influenced by a sense of reputation that they are often restrained by fear of reproach, and excited by hope of honour, when other principles have lost their power.

I am willing to love all of mankind, except an American.

See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, to buried merit raise the tardy bust.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability.