I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.

He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

Reason elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and leads us through the vast space of this mighty fabric; yet it comes far short of the real extent of our corporeal being.

Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.