The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.

The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.

The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.

I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.

Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible.