Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?