As a general rule, it may be affirmed that the man who never intrigues for office may be most safely entrusted with office...Such a man cannot desire promotion unless he received it from the respectable part of the community, for he considers no other promotion to be honorable.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

The laws are the sole guardians of right, and when the magistrate dares not act, every person is insecure.

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.