Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.

No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands and of the labor of millions of our fellow creatures?

Public offices were not made for private convenience.

The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.