"I never did, nor do I believe I ever will, give a dollar for a newspaper. I have thought that the information it contains is not worth the expense."

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."

"The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and ingrafted into the civil institutions, have a bias to look to the civil arm for support, and to awe with civil penalties."

"The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people."

"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far."