[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to man. The wise know too well their weaknesses to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows.

Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived, have forced me to take a part in resisting them, and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions.

Easter was when they nailed Him to the cross. And He never said a mumbling word.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves, nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.

It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end.

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.