Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The issue for patents for new discovers has given a spring to invention beyond my conception.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather shall be little regarded. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.