Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I read nothing, therefore, but of the heroes of Troy, ... of Pompey and Caesar, and of Augustus too.

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone.

Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.