Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.

The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils

Paper money will invariably operate in the body of politics as spirit liquors on the human body. They prey on the vitals and ultimately destroy them

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable. I cannot... I cannot come to each of you but shall feel obliged if each of you will come and take me by the hand.