You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.

The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.

How sublime to look down on the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder, all fabricated at our feet!

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.