My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets.
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.
The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.
Live as if you already are what you wish to become.
Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.