 Beauty is the promise of happiness. |
| Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. |
| Laws, like houses, lean on one another. |
| We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. |
| A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. |
| Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. |
| He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. |
| To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. |
| If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. |
| Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. |
| The march of the human mind is slow. |
| Education is the cheap defense of nations. Topics: Education |
| He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. |
| Tyrants seldom want pretexts. |
| It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. |
| All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. |
| Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. |
| In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. |
| Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. |
| Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. |
