When ever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither is safe.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.

The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.