The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. |
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. |
There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear |
There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the worl |
There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature, and of nations. |
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue |
There never was a bad man that had ability for good service. |
These gentle historians, on the contrary, dip their pens in nothing but the milk of human kindness. |
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. |
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. |
Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief. |
Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection. |
To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty |
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. |
To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men |