I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I look like me?

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes, which should be followed by the best modern histories, particularly of our mother country; then of these colonies; which should be accompanied with observations on their rise, increase, use to Great Britain, encouragements and discouragements, the means to make them flourish, and secure their liberties.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.