Little men build up great ones, but the snow colossus soon melts; the good stand under the eye of God, and therefore stand.

Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

The happy never say, and never hear said, farewell.

The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Justice is often pale and melancholy; but Gratitude, her daughter, is constantly in the flow of spirits and the bloom of loveliness.