On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

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.

The Golden Age was never the present age.

Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.

We must not in the course of public life expect immediate approbation and immediate grateful acknowledgment of our services. But let us persevere through abuse and even injury. The internal satisfaction of a good conscience is always present, and time will do us justice in the minds of the people, even those at present the most prejudiced against us.

There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.

Spare when young, and spend when old.