The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The basis of political economy is noninterference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. In a free and just commonwealth, property rushes from the idle and imbecile to the industrious, brave and persevering.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate. It is his, if he will. He may divest himself of it; he may creepinto a corner, and abdicate his kingdom, as most men do, but he is entitled to the world by his constitution.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself especially how you choose to think about your situation.

A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.