"There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue."

"The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever."

"People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws."

"He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one."

"I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this."