Security without liberty is called prison.

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.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance.

The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.

Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious.