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

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

“ We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. ”

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

“ It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. ”

“ Laws, like houses, lean on one another. ”

“ When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. ”

“ Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. ”

“ The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ”

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