"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth."

"The great business of the senses is to take in the ideas of external objects."

"A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World."

"Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation."

"I have always thought that there is a good deal of cant in the common talk about the advantages of poverty."