There is always room for the man of force.

Two dry Sticks will burn a green One.

We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.

Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions...is never followed by sadness, languor or debility.

Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.