While there's life, there's hope.

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #‎ agriculture

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.