Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The question is not whether you have a right to render people miserable, but whether it is not in your best interest to make them happy.

The worthy gentleman who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, whilst his desires were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.