There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance, or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

I observe an idea of establishing a branch bank of the United States in New Orleans. This institution is one of the most deadly hostility existing against the …

His parentage was obscure; his condition poor; his education null; his natural endowments great; his life correct and innocent: he was meek, benevolent, patien…

Ce que nous prenons pour des vertus n'est souvent qu'un assemblage de diverses actions et de divers interets, que la fortune ou notre industrie savent arranger…

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the…