Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.
Occupation - pressing occupation that will not be said nay - is a sovereign remedy for grief.
There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.
The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.
Government was intended to suppress injustice, but its effect has been to embody and perpetuate it.
The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.
God is a being who is himself the cause of his own existence. His prerogative is to perceive before there was anything to be perceived. He is the creator of the universe; He operated upon nothing and turned it into something.
In the graver and more sentimental communication of man and man, the head still bears the superior sway; in the unreserved intimacies of man and woman, the heart is ever uppermost. Feeling is the main thing, and judgment passes for little.
Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.
