Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.

If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one

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.

Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

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.