Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.

War is a crime which involves all other crimes.

Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful; make prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the nature of the child, grown or adult, as the most atrocious crimes, are to any of us.

I abominate war as Unchristian. I hold it the greatest of human crimes. I deem it to involve all others,--violence, blood, rapine, fraud; everything that can deform the character, alter the nature, and debase the name of man.

Real knowledge never promoted either turbulence or unbelief; but its progress is the forerunner of liberality and enlightened toleration.

Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself.