“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
God“I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office.”
Men“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
God“Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.”
Life“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.”
Good“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
Motivational“The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.”
Good“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.”
Money“Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.”
Beauty“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.”
Religion“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.”
Government“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
Best“I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.”
Government“The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.”
Imagination“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”
Society“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
Inspirational“It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.”
War“Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.”
Religion“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
Government“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.”
Alone“It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.”
Change“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
Knowledge