"Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people."

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."

"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order."

"Where annual elections end, there slavery begins."

"[I am] lord of myself, accountable to none."

"God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.""

"He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."

"He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner."

"He that's secure is not safe."

"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."