The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.

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

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

By right, as the word is employed in this subject, has always been understood discretion, that is, a full and complete power of either doing a thing or omitting it, without the person's becoming liable to animadversion or censure from another, that is, in other words, without his incurring any degree of turpitude or guilt. Now in this sense I affirm that man has no rights, no discretionary power whatever.

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

We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life.

Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.