The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.