Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy.

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.