The good-humor of a man elated with success often displays itself towards enemies.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

The chief-justice was rich, quiet, and infamous.

It has often been found that profuse expenditures, heavy taxation, absurd commercial restrictions, corrupt tribunals, disastrous wars, seditions, persecutions, conflagrations, inundation, have not been able to destroy capital so fast as the exertions of private citizens have been able to create it.

Even Holland and Spain have been positively, though not relatively, advancing.

Thus our democracy was from an early period the most aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!