The journey of high honor lies not in smooth ways.

It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.

In the clear mind of virtue treason can find no hiding-place.

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.

The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.