Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.

An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.

I have examined all of the known superstitions of the world and i do not find our superstitions of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all founded on fables and mythology. Christianity has made one-half of the world fools and the other half Hypocrites

what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.

The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.

A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.

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