Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.

The tender breasts of ladies were not formed for political convulsion.

I am already sensible of decay in the power of walking, and find my memory not so faithful as it used to be. This may be partly owing to the incessant current of new matter flowing constantly through it; but I ascribe to years their share in it also.

All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.

Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.