Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre.

Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.

A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society?

Mine is better than ours.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

What one relishes, nourishes.

When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.