"Dogs have at least the advantage over men, that they discover their friends, and bark at their enemies."

"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 two great masters of the world are reason and passion."

"Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen."

"I have always held the principle that a nation should be governed by laws, and not by the caprice of a monarch."