Revolt is the right of the people.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
Who lies for you will lie against you.
All wealth is the product of labor.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
Men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business, they have no time to tend their health either of body or mind.
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
Don’t tell me what I can’t do!