The Diligent Scholar Is He

The Wise Man Is Satisfied With Nothing.

Revolution Is Engendered By An Indignation With Tyranny, Yet Is Itself Pregnant With Tyranny.... An Attempt To Scrutinize Men's Thoughts And Punish Their Opinions Is Of All Kinds Of Despotism The Most Odious: Yet This Is Peculiarly Character Of A Period Of Revolution.... There Is No Period More At War With The Existence Of Liberty.

Government Can Have No More Than Two Legitimate Purposes - The Suppression Of Injustice Against Individuals Within The Community, And The Common Defense Against External Invasion.

It Is Probable That There Is No One Thing That It Is Of Eminent Importance For A Child To Learn. The True Object Of Juvenile Education, Is To Provide, Against The Age Of Five And Twenty, A Mind Well Regulated, Active, And Prepared To Learn. Whatever Will Inspire Habits Of Industry And Observation, Will Sufficiently Answer This Purpose.

We Cannot Perform Our Tasks To The Best Of Our Power, Unless We Think Well Of Our Own Capacity.