Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.

When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with difficulty makes us acquainted with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.

An extreme rigor is sure to arm everything against it.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.

Where two motives, neither of them perfectly justifiable, may be assigned, the worst has the chance of being preferred.