“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.

In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.

Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.

Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Hope isn’t about pretending that dark times don’t exist, its all about believing that darkness will not forever.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

I don’t believe in soulmates. I believe that life pulls you towards people who blend, with different shades of you, as you evolve.

The more you believe in yourself, the happier you feel after.  

Notice patterns & believe them.

The worst thing is believing that you are alone in your journey when you are not.