I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.

Travelling. ... when men of sober age travel, they gather knowlege which they may apply usefully for their country

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.

I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.

We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.

For St. Paul only says that it is better to be married than to burn. Now I presume that if that apostle had known that providence would at an after day be so kind to any particular set of people as to furnish them with other means of extinguishing their fire than those of matrimony, he would have earnestly recmmended them to their practice.