Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. Nothing is more touching than the death of the young, the strong.

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.

The most important thing in this world is liberty. More important than food or clothes - more important than gold or houses or lands - more important than art or science - more important than all religions, is the liberty of man.

I would rather smoke one cigar than hear two sermons.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.