We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.

Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks of the "general welfare of the people." Under that phrase all sorts of excesses can be employed by lusting tyrants to make us bondsmen.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.