"The private judgment of every particular person concerning the truth or falsehood of any doctrine, or the sincerity of any worship, cannot be over-ruled by the public authority of the commonwealth."

"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."

"Government has no other end but the preservation of property."

"There cannot be a more dangerous thing to a man, than to be a slave to his own passions."

"We are born with faculties and powers, capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can be easily imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us abil…"