To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.