The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it.

Those are governed best who are governed least.

As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other time to Mathematics, avoiding company as the bane of all progress.

When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.

Peace is our passion.

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.

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.