Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

Nor is it of much Importance to us to know the Manner in which Nature executes her laws; 'tis enough to know the Laws themselves.

It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?

A true friend is the greatest possesion.

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.