Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.

Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion.

When you are doubting whether a thing is worth the trouble of going to see, recollect that you will never again be so near it. You may repent not having seen it, but you can never repent having seen it.

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.