"If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed."

"Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites."

"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."

"The character of the people is the only standard to which the laws can be referred."

"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."