My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.
— John Philpot Curran
In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.
When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.
Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.
I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.
Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
