Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men.

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another.

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.