What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.