Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. Vol. iv. p. 55.
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
Preface to Brissot's Address. Vol. v. p. 67.
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.[411:3]
Thoughts and Details on Scarcity. Vol. v. p. 156.
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
Letter i. On a Regicide Peace. Vol. v. p. 286.
All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth.
Letter i. On a Regicide Peace. Vol. v. p. 311.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.