Nothing is more favorable to the rise of politeness and learning, than a number of neighboring and independent states, connected together by commerce and policy.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth.

The One that experiences itself as your body-mind is the same One that experiences itself in every other body-mind, form, or appearance that exists.

The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

A President is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution.

We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.

Let his herald your end,and begone with the thundder clap.

I am content to fill a little space if God be glorified.