This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.