» It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
» The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.
» Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
» One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.
» How much easier is it to be generous than just.
» Oppression is more easily endured than insult.
» The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.
» The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.
» The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.
» There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.