Time is the stuff life is made of.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

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.

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.