...till we are uneasy in Rest, we can have no Desire to move, and without Desire of moving there can be no voluntary Motion.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name, or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Do you love truth for truth's sake; and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others.

Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian.