Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.

There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue.

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

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.

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.

Everything that is usually understood by the term co-operation is, in some degree, an evil.