The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth. Within that, it is a noble institution, equally the friend of science and of civil liberty.

. . . in the full tide of successful experiment.

Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.

In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault if we ever know what ennui [boredom] is, or if we are ever driven to the miserable resource of gaming, which corrupts our dispositions, and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind.

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.