He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Worth seeing? yes but not worth going to see

Virtue is too often merely local

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and amongst narrow minds may, therefore, expose its author to censure and contempt; and if the liberty of laughing be once indulged, every man will laugh at

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit

Round numbers are always false

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty