Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

A government of our own is our natural right

The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.

I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up, and bearing with all their faults, follies, prejudices and mistakes until he can convince them that he is right.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the invented wants of courtly extravagance.