If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.

When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.

The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them.

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.

The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.