Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

Nothing will ruin the country if the people themselves will' undertake its safety, and nothing can save it, if they leave that safety in any hands but their own.

There is not a more dangerous experiment than to place property in the hands of one class, and political power in those of another... If property cannot retain the political power, the political power will draw after it the property.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.