Such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labor and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other; such are the changes that keep the mind in action: we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated; we desire something else and begin a new pursuit.

Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.

Faults and defects every work of man must have.

A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries.

It seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.