Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.

The business of everybody is the business of nobody.

The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.

Our estimate of a character always depends much on the manner in which that character affects our own interests and passions.

We do not think it necessary to prove that a quack medicine is poison; let the vender prove it to be sanative.

As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom.

It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the paltry abridgements used at preparatory schools in England.