Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.

Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.

Government governed least is government governed best.

Chemistry is yet, indeed, a mere embryon. Its principles are contested; experiments seem contradictory; their subjects are so minute as to escape our senses; and their result too fallacious to satisfy the mind. It is probably an age too soon to propose the establishment of a system.

The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be ... that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, and not by our faith which is not within our power.