"The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considere…"

"Love is an affection which carries the attention of the mind beyond itself, and is the sense of a relation to some fe…"

"Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies."

"We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and par…"

"Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform."

"The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human af…"

"Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate."

"…if we intend to pursue the history of our species in its further attainments, we may soon enter on subjects which wi…"

"Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindne…"

"In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the m…"