Every government is always growing corrupt.
If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they set up symbols of liberty as fetishes, worshipping the symbol instead of the principle it represents.
We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.
Aristocracy is always cruel.
Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.