Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain, that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master, does constantly know that he is wronged.

The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Anxiety beclouds the future.

The blessing always comes back to the door of the author.