When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.

There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the King for permission to make a law for preventing the importation of more [slaves] into that colony. This request, however, will probably not be granted, as their former laws of that kind have always been repealed.

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.