The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

The colleges of Edinburgh and Geneva as seminaries of science, are considered as the two eyes of Europe. While Great Britain and America give the preference to the former, all other countries give it to the latter.

Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.

The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience.

Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.