There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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

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