I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom of the wise.

No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their own profit the earnings of those committed to their charge.

All men are created equal.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

Every experience deeply felt in life needs to be passed along. Wheather it be through words and music, chiseled in stone, painted with a brush, or sewn with a needle, it is a way of reaching for immortality.

The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection.