He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.
Let thy discontents be thy secrets
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
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.
To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.