Let the world see that this nation can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to her bravest valor in time of war.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness.

In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experiences as we go.

It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.

How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess.