Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.

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

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.

Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and delight those unbodied spirits that survey the works of God and the actions of men; but it bestows no assistance upon earthly beings, and however free from taints of impurity, yet wants the sacred splendor of beneficence.

If you want to be a writer, then write. Write every day!

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.