Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.

Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

The happiest hours of my life have been spent in the flow of affection among friends.

I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility greater. it will make you adore your own country, it's soil, it's climate, it's equality, liberty, laws, people & manners. my god! how little do my countrymen know.

So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.