Literature, taken in all its bearings, forms the grand line of demarcation between the human and the animal kingdoms.

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

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.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.