I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Light and liberty go together.

Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object.

If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and fact.

But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire to decide ultimately between them? In cases of little importance or urgency, the prudence of both parties will keep them aloof from the questionable ground; but if it can neither be avoided nor compromised, a convention of the States must be called to ascribe the doubtful power to that department which they may think best.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.