He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed.

There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel, or which appear before their own eyes.

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.