Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.

I could say much about politics, our only entertainment here, but you would not care a fig about that.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

It is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.

Nothing is so engaging as the little domestic cares into which you appear to be entering, and as to reading it is useful for onlyfilling up the chinks of more useful and healthy occupations.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.