[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.

It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.

It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he her softness, sensibility and acute discernment. Together they are most likely to succeed in the world.

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.