The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy].
The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.
Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people.
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.
I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.