In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents

Those who seem to load the public taste are, in general, merely outrunning it in the direction which it is spontaneously pursuing.

The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.

In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern.