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.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

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

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.