"I have been for some years past, working upon a great work, which I intend to publish, and it is a complete refutation of all that hath ever been written upon the subject of government."

"The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a torrent of words."

"It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever has been done before may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice a…"

"Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few."

"I have spent my time in writing, and have not been a man of action."