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.

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.

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

Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.