"I have been so much in the habit of acting for myself that I am sometimes apt to forget that I am not alone in the world."

"A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired."

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint."

"Happy it is when the people can see without the aid of a telescope."

"The erection of a new empire, on the ruins of a former, is an arduous undertaking."