āVirtue is not hereditary.ā
āYe that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!ā
āThere is existing in man, a mass of sense lying in a dormant state. The construction of government ought to be such as to bring forward, by a quiet and regular operation, all that extent of capacity.ā
āTo live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maximā
āArms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order.ā
āTo possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.ā
āBenvolio- "By my head, here come the Capulets." Mercutio- "By my heel, I care not.ā
āSome report a sea-maid spawn'd him; some that he was begot between two stock-fishes. But it is certain that when he makes water his urine is congealed ice.ā
āFree from gross passion or of mirth of anger constant spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with the eye without the ear, and but in purged judgement trusting neither? Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.ā