Law And Arbitrary Power Are At Eternal

The Most Favourable Laws Can Do Very Little Towards The Happiness Of People When The Disposition Of The Ruling Power Is Adverse To Them.

Nobody Made A Greater Mistake Than He Who Did Nothing Because He Could Do Only A Little.

True Humility-the Basis Of The Christian System-is The Low But Deep And Firm Foundation Of All Virtues.

[slavery] Is A Weed That Grows In Every Soil.

Contempt Is Not A Thing To Be Despised. It May Be Borne With A Calm And Equal Mind, But No Man, By Lifting His Head High, Can Pretend That He Does Not Perceive The Scorns That Are Poured Down On Him From Above.