The Thrifty Maxim Of The Wary Dutch,

In Free Governments The Rulers Are The Servants, And The People Their Superiors And Sovereigns.

He That Speaks Much, Is Much Mistaken.

Happiness Depends More On The Inward Disposition Of Mind Than On Outward Circumstances.

We Must Not In The Course Of Public Life Expect Immediate Approbation And Immediate Grateful Acknowledgment Of Our Services. But Let Us Persevere Through Abuse And Even Injury. The Internal Satisfaction Of A Good Conscience Is Always Present, And Time Will Do Us Justice In The Minds Of The People, Even Those At Present The Most Prejudiced Against Us.

Scarcely Was I Arrived At Fifteen Years Of Age, When, After Having Doubted In Turn Of Different Tenets, According As I Found Them Combated In The Different Books That I Read, I Began To Doubt Of Revelation Itself.