Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life.

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.