It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself.

The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures.

The happiest hours of my life have been spent in the flow of affection among friends.

Those are governed best who are governed least.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions.

SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have puzzled me not a little, had it not been for the model with which you accompanied it, of Doctor Rush's answer to a similar inquiry. I live so much like other people, that I might refer to ordinary life as a history of my own. Like my friend the Doctor, I have lived temperately, eating very little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principle diet.