Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.

The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.

[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.

Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.

Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.

We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.