“There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country”

“I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.”

“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law ”

“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught”

“There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern - why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?”