When passion rules, she never rules wisely.

It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of England.

If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.

If you would not be forgotten, do things worth remembering.

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.