But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is trying to serve
Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God.
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge with the tree, and posterity read in it full grown characters.