[ Of the American colonies :] In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study.

Here this extraordinary man [Charles Townsend], then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. However he attempted it.

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.

Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.

Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more of it there must be without.

The use of force alone is temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

Dangers, by being despised, grow great.