This barbarous philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings. In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Kings will be tyrants from policy when subjects are rebels from principle. Learning will be cast into the mire, and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order.
It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Our patience will achieve more than our force.