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

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.

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

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

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

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.