I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain.

The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as to everything respecting foreign nations. Let the general government be reduced to foreign concerns only.

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.

Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences.

Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

No society is so precious as that of one’s own family.