The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them.

I am a sect by myself, as far as I know.

Newspapers . . . serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

The rights of the people to the exercise and fruits of their own industry can never be protected against the selfishness of rulers not subject to their control at short periods.

As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench, whose erroneous biases are leading us to dissolution. It may indeed injure them in fame or in fortune; but it saves the republic, which is the first and supreme law.

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.