If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and fact.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

What i value more than all things, good humor.