Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

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

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

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.