"The only good reason for a law is to prevent a greater evil."

"The best government is that which governs least."

"Anarchical fallacies, which by their very nature never can be cured, are the natural and necessary consequences of the doctrine of imprescriptible rights."

"Twenty years after I am dead, I shall be a despot, sitting in my chair with Dapple in my hand, and wearing one of the coats I wear now."

"I was full of ambition; accustomed to hear myself puffed and praised; and my father was always dinning into my ears the necessity of pushing myself forward — so be hailed this visit as the making of m…"