Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom she is rarely known and seldom welcome. She has no need of force to procure entrance into the minds of men.

When the heart is right, the feet are swift.

besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other.

For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.

Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoyments to be so? We have no rose without its thorn; no pleasure without alloy. It is the law of our existence; and we must acquiesce.

The States should be urged to concede to the General Government, with a saving of chartered rights, the exclusive power of establishing banks of discount for paper.