"Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then?"

"The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right."

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

"The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water and time."

"I perceive that, when an old garment is taken off, the new is not yet put on."