Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design.
Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .
To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.
Mutual complacency is the atmosphere of conjugal love.
He that never thinks can never be wise.
Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.