Believing everybody is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.

I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers.