“ The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. ”

“ Education is the cheap defense of nations. ”

“ A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. ”

“ Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. ”

“ Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. ”

“ No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. ”

“ But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. ”

“ Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. ”

“ People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. ”

“ Good order is the foundation of all things. ”