Edmund Burke: “Then the wheel turns round, and the evil complained of falls with aggravated weight on the complainant.”

Rome, under her emperors, united the evils of both systems; and this unnatural combination was one great cause of her ruin.

This was reserved to our time, to quench the little glimmerings of reason which might break in upon the solid darkness of this enlightened age.

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.