When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

Men want to be reminded, who do not want to be taught; because those original ideas of rectitude to which the mind is compelled to assent when they are proposed, are not always as present to us as they ought to be.

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

To be struck with His power, it is only necessary to open our eyes.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.