Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.

It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

Prejudice is opinion without judgement.

One feels like crawling on all fours after reading your work.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.