Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness.

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.