The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.

This [the U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism... when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.

Never praise your cider or your horse

Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.