Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides.

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

Obey; this may be right; but beware of reverence.... Government is nothing but regulated force; force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It is the business of individuals to persuade; the tendency of concentrated strength, is only to give consistency and permanence to an influence more compendious than persuasion.

No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate to me. He may censure me freely and without reserve; but he should remember that I am to act by my deliberation and not his. I ought to exercise my talents for the benefit of others; but that exercise must be the fruit of my own conviction; no man must attempt to press me into the service.