When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}

posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.

I acknowledge myself a unitarian

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.

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.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.