Edmund Burke: “There is a difference, too, between deliberation and doctrine: a man ought to be decided in his opinions before he…”

Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.

Not being illuminated with the light of which the gentlemen of France tell us they have got so abundant a share, they acted under a strong impression of the ignorance and fallibility of mankind.

But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.

They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.