There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors they can no longer earn, and the duties they can no longer perform.

The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.

I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.

I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.

Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.