Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
Mine is better than ours.
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.