...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

These are the days that try man's heart.

Compassion, the fairest associate of the heart.

Titles do not count with posterity.