The annals of the French Revolution prove that the knowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many.... The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims rather than the illuminators of the multitude.

Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy!

A spring of love gush'd from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware.

Nature never deserts the wise and pure; no plot so narrow, be but nature there; no waste so vacant, but may well employ each faculty of sense, and keep the heart awake to love and beauty.

Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph.

A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.