I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

Where strictness of grammar does not weaken expression, it should be attended to. . . . But where, by small grammatical negligences, the energy of an idea is condensed, or a word stands for a sentence, I hold grammatical rigor in contempt.

Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself.

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection.

All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.

Freedom, the first-born of science.