I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.

Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.

Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

Tolle, lege: take up and read.

Make me a captive Lord, then I shall be truly free.

Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still nor go back nor deviate.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.