The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood?

The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam [to a carriage on wheels] will make a great change in the situation of man.

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.

[n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired] This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was under the care and admonition of a guardian demon. And how many of our wisest men still believe in the reality of these inspirations while perfectly sane on all other subjects

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition.