“ Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. ”

“ Beauty is the promise of happiness. ”

“ To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ”

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

“ Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. ”

“ Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. ”

“ Our patience will achieve more than our force. ”

“ All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ”