The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for the rights of the one are as much property to him as wealth is property to the other, and the little all is as dear as the much. It is only by setting out on just principles that men are trained to be just to each other; and it will always be found, that when the rich protect the rights of the poor, the poor will protect the property of the rich. But the guarantee, to be effectual, must be parliamentarily reciprocal.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.