A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so shadow and paint thy follies and vices as thou shalt never, by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue.

Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.

Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude.

Death, which hateth and destroyeth a man, is believed; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred.

Youth is the opportunity to do something and to be somebody.