There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a well-protected pursuit.

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity.

The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends the most to the perpetuation of society itself.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

By the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young; but, in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.