I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of itWork
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.Wisdom
Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometryOpinion Religion
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.Funny Literature
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.Writing
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.Time Inspirational
The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.Happiness Future
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.History Humor
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it 
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. 
Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry 
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. 
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. 
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. 
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing. 
The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations. 
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. 
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. 
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.