All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.