Never trouble another for what you can do yourself

I cannot live without books.

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision

In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the laws, and private individuals. Among these last, the poorest laborer stood on equal ground with the wealthiest millionaire, and generally on a more favored one whenever their rights seem to jar.

Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences.

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.