Anything less than full justice is cruelty.

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.

I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.