Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it.

The reason of a resolution is more to be considered than the resolution itself.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos.

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".

A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.

What is done let us leave alone.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.