One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition...
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error and another to put him...
As people are walking all the time in the same spot a path appears.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a...
All men are liable to error and most men are in many points by passion or...
Where all is but dream reasoning and arguments are of no use truth and...
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first our own increase of...
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is thinking...
All mankind... being all equal and independent no one ought to harm another...
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line though he...
Government has no other end but the preservation of property.
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge...
Our incomes are like our shoes if too small they gall and pinch us but if...
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
Education begins the gentleman but reading good company and reflection must...
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their...
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human...
Religion is a mixed blessing.
