Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.
Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.
The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.
The journey of high honor lies not in smooth ways.
It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
Truth is the ground of science, the centre wherein all things repose, and is the type of eternity.