I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter.

Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)? [Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis, Cum facias pejora senex?

These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.