To Conceive That Compulsion And Punishment Are

No Maxim Can Be More Pernicious Than That Which Would Teach Us To Consult The Temper Of The Times, And To Tell Only So Much As We Imagine Our Contemporaries Will Be Able To Bear.

Government Can Have No More Than Two Legitimate Purposes - The Suppression Of Injustice Against Individuals Within The Community, And The Common Defense Against External Invasion.

If Admiration Were Not Generally Deemed The Exclusive Property Of The Rich, And Contempt The Constant Lackey Of Poverty, The Love Of Gain Would Cease To Be An Universal Problem.

We Cannot Perform Our Tasks To The Best Of Our Power, Unless We Think Well Of Our Own Capacity.

As The True Object Of Education Is Not To Render The Pupil The Mere Copy Of His Preceptor, It Is Rather To Be Rejoiced In, Than Lamented, That Various Reading Should Lead Him Into New Trains Of Thinking.