"The commonwealth ought to determine what punishments shall be inflicted on those who transgress the laws."

"The end of government is the good of mankind."

"There cannot be a more dangerous thing to a man, than to be a slave to his own passions."

"I here put the case of a man, whose mind is so far out of order, that he takes himself to be a king."

"Parents have a power over their children, to support and govern them for their good, till they are of capacity to shift for themselves."