A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.

The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.

It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.