Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.

Fellowship in treason is a bad ground of confidence.

The very name of a politician, a statesman, is sure to cause terror and hatred; it has always connected with it the ideas of treachery, cruelty, fraud, and tyranny.

No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.

My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.