Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.Happiness Life
Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.Morality
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.Smile Inspirational Growth Perseverance
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.Time
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.Simile Philosophy
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.Freedom Courage
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.Man Belief
These are the times that try men's souls.Short
Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. 
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. 
Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess. 
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow. 
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. 
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture. 
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. 
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. 
These are the times that try men's souls.