On Life:
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.
On Happiness:
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
On Honesty:
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
On Fear:
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
On Courage:
One man with courage is a majority.
On God:
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
If God is just, I tremble for my country.
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
I rejoice that in this blessed country of free inquiry and belief, which has surrendered its creed and conscience to neither kings nor priests, the genuine doctrine of only one God is reviving, and I trust that there is not a young man now living in.