A People Who Are Still, As It

Great Men Are The Guideposts And Landmarks In The State.

In Effect, To Follow, Not To Force The Public Inclination; To Give A Direction, A Form, A Technical Dress, And A Specific Sanction, To The General Sense Of The Community, Is The True End Of Legislature.

Public Calamity Is A Mighty Leveller.

Poetry Is The Art Of Substantiating Shadows, And Of Lending Existence To Nothing.

The Science Of Constructing A Commonwealth, Or Renovating It, Or Reforming It, Is, Like Every Other Experimental Science, Not To Be Taught A Priori. Nor Is It A Short Experience That Can Instruct Us In That Practical Science, Because The Real Effects Of Moral Causes Are Not Always Immediate.