Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

[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.

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

The Golden Age was never the present age.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

Eat to live, not live to eat.