Not less than two hours a day should be devoded to exercise, and weather should be little regarded. A person not sick will not be injured by getting wet. It is but taking a cold bath, which never gives a cold to any one. Brute animals are the most healthy, and they are exposed to all weather, and of men, those are healthiest who are the most exposed.

Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.

Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.

The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union.

The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience.

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.