Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent.

As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other time to Mathematics, avoiding company as the bane of all progress.

We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.

The best commentary on the principles of government which has ever been written.

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the Romish follies. Nothing but free argument, raillery & even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.