"I have been for some years past, working upon a great work, which I intend to publish, and it is a complete refutation of all that hath ever been written upon the subject of government."

"I have been for some years past, as I hope to be for some years to come, a constant visitor of the sick, and a constant observer of the dying."

"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."

"The greatest felicity of life is to be employed in a work, to which one is fitted by nature."

"If a man would do good, he must be able to bear evil."