The public must and will be served.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.

Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature. No one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.