"To be well-informed is the best security against the evils of society."

"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture."

"He that is not a patriot, if he has the soul of a man, must be a traitor."

"One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again."

"The more perfect civilization is, the less occasion has it for government, because the more does it regulate its own affairs, and govern itself."