Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.
I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain.
I have sworn upon the altar of god.
Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.
The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.
Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone.