The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

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.

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.