Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma.

The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.