"In infamy, it is wisely provided that he who stands highest in the ranks of society has the heaviest..." — William Godwin

Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to betray the cause, in the vindication of which they have engaged their services.

Government was intended to suppress injustice, but its effect has been to embody and perpetuate it.

Harshness and unkindness are relative. The appearance of them may be the fruits of the greatest kindness.

Social man regards all those by whom he is surrounded as enemies, or beings who may become such. He is ever on his guard lest his plain speaking should be willfully perverted, or should assume a meaning he never thought of, through the animosity or prejudice of the individual that hears him.