“Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.”

“Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.”

“I love my country better than my family but I love humanity better than my country.”

“I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend with the generous energy of a father and with the exuberant affection of a mother.”

“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.”

“All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.”

“I'd like to get away from earth awhileAnd then come back to it and begin over.May no fate wilfully misunderstand meAnd half grant what I wish and snatch me awayNot to return. Earth's the right plac...”

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)”

“Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?”