A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.

I have done for my country and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.

Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous.