He who thinks it necessary to seek solitude for self-improvement often finds there is still one too many persons present.


The purpose of law is liberty; of obedience, independence; of submission, emancipation.


The well-being of the individual, not of the class, should be the aim of government. It should not be “by the people for the people,” but by the people for the person.


The true moral education is that which makes every intellectual question a matter of conscience, and every matter of conscience an intellectual question.