But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in th... - Thomas Jefferson

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people."

"In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue."

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."

"If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government, than by the parents within each ward, it is a belief against all experience."