To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

These are the times that try men's souls.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.