"I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor."
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."