We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more