My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . . If it had not been for the justice of our cause, and the consequent interposition of Providence, in which we had faith, we must have been ruined. If I had ever before been an atheist, I should now have been convinced of the being and government of a Deity!

...till we are uneasy in Rest, we can have no Desire to move, and without Desire of moving there can be no voluntary Motion.

Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.

Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious.

The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.