One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.
Everything in life should be done with reflection.
Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States ... I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in ... abhorrence.
The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.
The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it.