“A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.”

“Then out spake brave Horatius The captain of the gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods?"”

“Shakespeare has had neither equal nor second.”

“The object of oratory is not truth but persuasion.”

“We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”

“The temple of silence and reconciliation.”

“In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.”

“A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.”

“The art of making much show with little substance.”

“People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.”

“What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!”