The truth is that the want of common education with us is not from our poverty, but from the want of an orderly system. More money is now paid for the education of a part than would be paid for that of the whole if systematically arranged.

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

Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

While learning the language in France a young man's morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more.

The sun - my almighty physician.