A Great Mind Can Attend To Little

[u]sefulness Is Happiness, And... All Other Things Are But Incidental.

Philosophy And The Arts Are But A Manifestation Of The Intelligible Ideas That Move The Public Mind; And Thus They Become Visible Images Of The Nations Whence They Emanate.

In The First Place, The Government Ought Not To Be Invested With Power To Control The Affections, Any More Than The Consciences Of Citizens. A Man Has At Least As Good A Right To Choose His Wife, As He Has To Choose His Religion. His Taste May Not Suit His Neighbors; But So Long As His Deportment Is Correct, They Have No Right To Interfere With His Concerns.

The Laws Of Our Being Are Such That We Must Perform Some Degree Of Use In The World, Whether We Intend It, Or Not; But We Can Deprive Ourselves Of Its Indwelling Joy, By Acting Entirely From The Love Of Self.

Work! Work! That Is My Unfailing Cure For All Troubles.